2/14/2013: A Good Day to DIE HARD!
I heard the news about this during lunch on, of all things, Jim Rome's radio show on one of the local sports stations. The fifth Die Hard movie was given an official title and release date: A Good Day to Die Hard, comin' at ya on Valentine's Day, 2013.
Yippie Qapla', Muttha Fukkahs!
ComingSoon.net: February 14, 2013 is A Good Day to Die Hard
Okay, I'm actually of two minds about this. First, I'll admit that I harbor some concern as to what I might see when this bad boy hits movie screens during what will be the 25th anniversary year of the original Die Hard. For whatever the hell my opinion's worth, the first John McClane outing remains unmatched not just as part of a franchise, but as an action film in general. That's right, whoever the hell said the last Transformers flick was "The best action movie ever!" Get back to me when your sack hair grows in, you punk. Meanwhile, the three DH sequels, though entertaining to varying degrees, don't come close to pushing the first film from the top of the pile.
Listening to the Fox exec earlier today on the Jim Rome show, he was saying all the right things about this latest entry getting back to the roots of what made the original Die Hard great: writing and great characters, rather than relying on ever-increasing showcases of CGI mayhem. Part of me wanted to believe that we might see something along the lines of was done to reboot the James Bond films, with Casino Royale jettisoning a lot of the over-the-top elements which had become a staple of the 007 screen adventures. Getting McClane back to something resembling the "regular guy in the wrong place at the wrong time" which made Die Hard work so well would go a long way toward making me a cheerleader for this flick.
(I expressed similar misgivings after seeing Live Free or Die Hard back in 2007: Read me.)
Then, I started thinking that this is the sort of thing you always hear by somebody in Hollywood when they're tapped to remake some old TV show or movie, and how they were such huge fans of the original and would endeavor to pay proper respect to that material, which in Tinsel Town parlance means more often than not that they'll give said material a reach-around as they bone it in the ass. Sure there are exceptions, but they're usually there to prove the rule.
So, yeah, I've got my concerns about this movie.
Then, my second mind kicked in, the one that screamed "Another Die Hard movie?!? OH HELL YES! GET SOME, MCCLANE!!! KILL 'EM ALL AND LET GOD SORT 'EM OUT!!!"
:: Ahem. ::
So, what the hell do I know? Well, I know one thing: Valentine's Day Date Night plans are locked in.
(Originally posted at The Fog of Ward and cross-posted to LiveJournal.)
Yippie Qapla', Muttha Fukkahs!
ComingSoon.net: February 14, 2013 is A Good Day to Die Hard
Okay, I'm actually of two minds about this. First, I'll admit that I harbor some concern as to what I might see when this bad boy hits movie screens during what will be the 25th anniversary year of the original Die Hard. For whatever the hell my opinion's worth, the first John McClane outing remains unmatched not just as part of a franchise, but as an action film in general. That's right, whoever the hell said the last Transformers flick was "The best action movie ever!" Get back to me when your sack hair grows in, you punk. Meanwhile, the three DH sequels, though entertaining to varying degrees, don't come close to pushing the first film from the top of the pile.
Listening to the Fox exec earlier today on the Jim Rome show, he was saying all the right things about this latest entry getting back to the roots of what made the original Die Hard great: writing and great characters, rather than relying on ever-increasing showcases of CGI mayhem. Part of me wanted to believe that we might see something along the lines of was done to reboot the James Bond films, with Casino Royale jettisoning a lot of the over-the-top elements which had become a staple of the 007 screen adventures. Getting McClane back to something resembling the "regular guy in the wrong place at the wrong time" which made Die Hard work so well would go a long way toward making me a cheerleader for this flick.
(I expressed similar misgivings after seeing Live Free or Die Hard back in 2007: Read me.)
Then, I started thinking that this is the sort of thing you always hear by somebody in Hollywood when they're tapped to remake some old TV show or movie, and how they were such huge fans of the original and would endeavor to pay proper respect to that material, which in Tinsel Town parlance means more often than not that they'll give said material a reach-around as they bone it in the ass. Sure there are exceptions, but they're usually there to prove the rule.
So, yeah, I've got my concerns about this movie.
Then, my second mind kicked in, the one that screamed "Another Die Hard movie?!? OH HELL YES! GET SOME, MCCLANE!!! KILL 'EM ALL AND LET GOD SORT 'EM OUT!!!"
:: Ahem. ::
So, what the hell do I know? Well, I know one thing: Valentine's Day Date Night plans are locked in.
(Originally posted at The Fog of Ward and cross-posted to LiveJournal.)